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EN 1.5525 Steel vs. EN 1.4570 Stainless Steel

Both EN 1.5525 steel and EN 1.4570 stainless steel are iron alloys. They have 71% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 31 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (3, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.5525 steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.4570 stainless steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 130 to 180
190
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 190
200
Elongation at Break, % 11 to 21
40
Fatigue Strength, MPa 210 to 310
180
Poisson's Ratio 0.29
0.28
Shear Modulus, GPa 73
77
Shear Strength, MPa 310 to 350
410
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 440 to 1440
610
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 300 to 490
210

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 250
290
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 400
930
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1460
1420
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1420
1370
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 470
480
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 50
15
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 13
16

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 7.1
2.5
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 8.2
2.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 1.9
15
Density, g/cm3 7.8
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 1.4
3.1
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 19
43
Embodied Water, L/kg 48
150

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 44 to 240
190
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 240 to 640
110
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 13
14
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 24
25
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 16 to 51
22
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 36
20
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 13
4.0
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 13 to 42
14

Alloy Composition

Boron (B), % 0.00080 to 0.0050
0
Carbon (C), % 0.18 to 0.23
0 to 0.080
Chromium (Cr), % 0 to 0.3
17 to 19
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.25
1.4 to 1.8
Iron (Fe), % 97.7 to 98.9
65 to 73.5
Manganese (Mn), % 0.9 to 1.2
0 to 2.0
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0 to 0.6
Nickel (Ni), % 0
8.0 to 10
Nitrogen (N), % 0
0 to 0.1
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.025
0 to 0.045
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 0.3
0 to 1.0
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.025
0.15 to 0.35